Now we know that in America, Thanksgiving is coming up. Traditional Thanksgiving was about giving thanks to God for His multiple blessings, great home-cooked meals, football, laughter, and getting food coma after the meal.

Tonight I log on to Facebook and I see the picture badge showcasing this statement (click on the picture to go to their Facebook page):

I share the page on my Timeline. Then I started to think.

While I haven’t been brave enough to endure shopping on Thanksgiving, I honestly never thought about how the people who work on Thanksgiving.

While I am a capitalist and believe in its tenets, I believe that businesses need to stay closed on Thanksgiving or Christmas (similar to the old Blue Laws). The winter holidays need two focus points: God and family (a subject near and dear to my mother). If one doesn’t have family, at least allow the person to enjoy their day off . The idea that corporations would do wise to grasp is people over profit than vice versa.

I say to the corporations, “Treat your employees like family and you will have a strong and loyal workforce. Treat them like slaves and they will despise you. Besides, even Scrooge learned to listen, did not he not?